The Anthropological Factor of the New Generation of War Technologies
https://doi.org/10.32603/2412-8562-2024-10-4-5-15
Abstract
Introduction. The article studies the humanitarian technologies of hybrid wars (wars of the new generation). Physical violence in the conditions of their activation is replaced by nonphysical violence using coercion, inducement and manipulation. Therefore, understanding not only the phenomenon of hybrid wars itself, but also the humanitarian technologies actively used in them, is of particular relevance. The purpose of the study is to reveal humanitarian technologies as the leading force of the new generation of wars.
Methodology and sources. Systematization, categorization, interpretation of concepts and system analysis were used as the main methods in the study. The work is based on the research of I.Y. Alekseeva, V.G. Kokoulin, B.V. Markov and some other authors whose works devoted to the humanitarian technologies of the new generation of war.
Results and discussion. Hybrid warfare technologies are of a mixed nature, however, in recent years, the attraction of actors of global confrontation to the humanitarian technologies of modern warfare has become obvious. At the first stage of the research, the phenomenon of hybrid warfare was considered, its definition was given, its essence and potential were revealed. Hybrid warfare is an implemented strategy of controlled chaos. At the second stage, there were considered various hybrid warfare technologies, the most promising of which are humanitarian technologies. The definition of such technologies was given, their subjects and objects were disclosed, as well as their purpose. The third stage of the study is devoted to the consideration of specific examples of humanitarian technologies, including the creation of deepfakes, the spread of disinformation and a number of others.
Conclusion. In the last few years, the humanitarian technologies of a new generation of war have found their niche in the face of confrontation between historical opponents, while the political goals of such confrontation have remained the same. However, the object of influence has changed, it has become a person.
About the Author
A. A. Kovalev
North-West Institute of Management, branch of RANEPA
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey A. Kovalev – Can. Sci. (Political, 2015), Docent (2021), Associate Professor at the Department of Public and Municipal Administration
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Kovalev A.A. The Anthropological Factor of the New Generation of War Technologies. Discourse. 2024;10(4):5-15. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32603/2412-8562-2024-10-4-5-15
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